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About luckyBen Schlappig (aka Lucky) is a travel consultant, blogger, and avid points collector. He travels about 400,000 miles a year, primarily using miles and points to fund his first class experiences. He chronicles his adventures, along with industry news, here at One Mile At A Time.

Recent Trip Reports

Welcome to my next trip report, covering flights in Xiamen Air business class, a couple of Starwood properties in China, and a really fun time getting up close to Pandas. My friend Andrew and I try to take trips together whenever we can. For those of…

After my Air India First Class flight, I had a 100-minute connection to catch my Jet Airways economy leg to Mumbai. I always had the impression that Jet Airways was better than Air India, and the main premium carrier of India. Boy was I wrong... Having…

This flight was meant to be on a Boeing 777-300ER with Air India’s latest first class product. When I arrived at the gate, I was shocked to see a trusty old 747 sitting there instead. I felt like a child on Christmas! Walking down the jetway I still…

As I mentioned in the introductory post, we'd booked regular economy, but were offered the option to upgrade to Extra Comfort during the check-in process. We paid $50 per person, but looking at the Hawaiian website it seems the prices have either increased…

Recent Posts

I'll be headed to Vietnam soon thanks to some great business class fares that Qatar Airways published earlier in the year. While I could just do a "direct turn" in Vietnam, I figured I'd spend a couple of nights in Ho Chi Minh City, as it has been about…

American has just launched a promotion offering bonus miles for travel to Asia, which is somewhat similar to the promotion they offered this spring. While I'm not sure this promotion is worth switching airlines over, it's actually reasonably lucrative.…

Royal Jordanian, which is a oneworld member, has an interesting new status match promotion. Let's look at how Royal Jordanian describes the promotion: Top Tier Status Match offered by Royal Jordanian, for Gold and platinum members and it is based on…

At the moment I'm switching some business to Delta, as I'm completing a Platinum challenge and considering my requalification plans for next year. As a result, I'm finding myself in a situation where I'm not sure what to do with the American Express…

About Lucky

Ben Schlappig (aka Lucky) is a travel consultant, blogger, and avid points collector. He travels about 400,000 miles a year, primarily using miles and points to fund his first class experiences. He chronicles his adventures, along with industry news, here at One Mile At A Time.

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